Monthly Archives: April 2011

Jamaica Blue Mountain: Coffee from on High

Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, grown in the Blue Mountain range in Jamaica, with peaks as high as 7,500 feet, is perhaps the most prized coffee in the world.  It is famous for its full, rich flavor, clean taste, low acidity,  notable … Continue reading

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Surprised? Caffeine DOES NOT Increase Blood Pressure — PERIOD!

A major metastudy, reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which followed more than 170,000 people over a period of 30 years, has definitively demonstrated that caffeine does not increase blood pressure.  Many doctors and kibbitzers from the Dark … Continue reading

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Caffeine Mugs: Sipping in Style

If caffeine is what you’re really after when you drink your daily cups of coffee, perhaps it’s time to declare your interest to the world by enjoying the use of an eponymous caffeine drinking vessel. One nifty item is called … Continue reading

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Yerkes-Dodson Effect: How Much Coffee or Caffeine is Too Much?

One of the reasons that caffeine is not a drug of abuse is that, unlike cocaine, amphetamine, or heroin, caffeine does not produce effects that indefinitely increase as you increase the dose.  Caffeine has a built in mechanism that guarantees that … Continue reading

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Vienna Celebrates Coffee House Founder’s 100th Birthday

Austrian President Heinz Fischer joined a national celebration of Café Hawelka by congratulating Leopold Hawelka, one of the nation’s most famous coffee house founders, on his 100th birthday on April 11, 2011.  Hawelka’s café was opened in central Vienna in … Continue reading

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Starbucks’ Burned, Bitter Beans Invade China

Starbucks is spreading its legacy of burned, bitter beans to China.  Traditionally a nation of tea drinkers, China will now be sold Starbucks’ line of cheap, low quality coffee in an effort to enlist the Chinese into the tasteless army of … Continue reading

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